6.7

CVE-2021-20099: tenable nessus

CVSS: 6.7v3.1MediumModified
Published 28-06-2021Last modified 03-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2021-20099 is a medium (CVSS 6.7) vulnerability in tenable nessus. EPSS estimates a 0.43% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 35.9% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
27/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.7/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.43%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 28-06-2021
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 03-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Nessus Agent 8.2.4 and earlier for Windows were found to contain multiple local privilege escalation vulnerabilities which could allow an authenticated, local administrator to run specific Windows executables as the Nessus host. This is different than CVE-2021-20100.

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 1 source · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.43%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

36%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.43% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
0.43%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Tenable1 product

1 vendor · 1 product

References

1 links